"A London Symphony A London Symphony is the second symphony composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The work is sometimes referred to as the Symphony No. 2, though it was not designated as such by the composer. First performed in 1914, the four-movement symphony was lost, reconstructed and later modified by Vaughan Williams. The work is scored for: Vaughan Williams said that while the title may suggest a programmatic piece (and the work includes sounds heard in London such as the Westminster Quarters), it was intended to be heard as absolute music. In a programme note in 1920, he suggested that"
"La mer (Debussy) La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre (French for The sea, three symphonic sketches for orchestra), or simply La mer (i.e. The Sea), L. 109, is an orchestral composition by the French composer Claude Debussy. Composed between 1903 and 1905, the piece was premiered in Paris in October 1905. It was initially not well received; even some who had been strong supporters of Debussy's work were unenthusiastic. But the work was given in the US in 1907 and Britain in 1908, and after it second performance in Paris, in 1908, it quickly became one of Debussy's most"
"The Sea (Bridge) The Sea, H.100 is an orchestral suite written in 1910–11 by Frank Bridge. It is also described as a symphonic tone poem. It lasts about 22 minutes. It consists of four movements, about which Bridge wrote the following comments for the programme notes at the premiere: 1. Seascape: ""Allegro ben moderato"" 2. Sea Foam: ""Allegro vivo"" 3. Moonlight: ""Adagio non troppo"" 4. Storm: ""Allegro energico – Allegro moderato e largamente"" Bridge completed the work in July 1911, while staying at the Sussex coastal town of Eastbourne. This was the same place where Claude Debussy had finished his"
"of the movements of Britten's ""Four Sea Interludes"" from his opera ""Peter Grimes"" have striking similarities to the titles of the movements of Bridge's ""The Sea"". The Sea (Bridge) The Sea, H.100 is an orchestral suite written in 1910–11 by Frank Bridge. It is also described as a symphonic tone poem. It lasts about 22 minutes. It consists of four movements, about which Bridge wrote the following comments for the programme notes at the premiere: 1. Seascape: ""Allegro ben moderato"" 2. Sea Foam: ""Allegro vivo"" 3. Moonlight: ""Adagio non troppo"" 4. Storm: ""Allegro energico – Allegro moderato e largamente"" Bridge"
"own musical evocation of the sea, the symphonic poem ""La mer"" (""The Sea""), in 1905. Bridge was to die at Friston near Eastbourne in 1941. ""The Sea"" received its first performance at a Prom Concert in London on 24 September 1912, with the New Queen's Hall Orchestra conducted by Sir Henry Wood. The composer himself conducted the Cleveland Orchestra, Detroit Symphony and Boston Symphony premieres after the First World War. Bridge also conducted a recording of the suite. Later recordings have been conducted by Sir Charles Groves, Vernon Handley and Richard Hickox. Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, English Horn, 2"
"critics, he was appointed in Sullivan's place. He remained in charge until 1910. His compositions for the festival included ""Songs of the Sea"" (1904), ""Stabat Mater"" (1907) and ""Songs of the Fleet"" (1910). New works by other composers presented at Leeds during Stanford's years in charge included pieces by Parry, Mackenzie, and seven of Stanford's former pupils. The best-known new work from Stanford's time is probably Vaughan Williams's ""A Sea Symphony"", premiered in 1910. In 1901 Stanford returned once again to opera, with ""Much Ado About Nothing"", to a libretto by Julian Sturgis that was exceptionally faithful to Shakespeare's original."
"cymbals, tassa tin drums, and mismar bagpipes; the piece called Galfat Shobani plays through the work of renewing the caulking of a wooden ship. Richard Wagner stated that his 1843 opera ""The Flying Dutchman"" was inspired by a memorable sea crossing from Riga to London, his ship being delayed in the Norwegian fjords at Tvedestrand for two weeks by storms. The French composer Claude Debussy's 1903–05 work ""La mer"" (""The Sea""), completed at Eastbourne on the English Channel coast, evokes the sea with ""a multitude of water figurations"". Other works composed at about this time include Charles Villiers Stanford's ""Songs"
"symphonies are alike, either in structure or in mood. Commentators have found it useful to consider the nine in three groups of three—early, middle and late. The first three symphonies, to which Vaughan Williams assigned titles rather than numbers, form a sub-group within the nine, having programmatic elements, absent from the later six. ""A Sea Symphony"" (1910), the only one of the series to include a part for full choir, differs from most earlier choral symphonies in that the choir sings in all the movements. The extent to which it is a true symphony has been debated; in a 2013"
"score being a purely orchestral illustration of the verses. The completed work, styled ""An Illuminated Symphony"", was first performed at Queen's Hall on 20 January 1908, conducted by Thomas Beecham: on this occasion the orchestra and chorus were hidden from the audience behind an elaborate screen whilst the text of the poem was projected onto the screen using lantern slides at corresponding points in the music. The rehearsals for ""Apollo and the Seaman"" were attended by Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden who shortly after the first performance approached Holbrooke with one of his own poems, entitled ""Dylan -"
"Blue Sea"", released in 2011, directed by Terence Davies and starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston, featured in its soundtrack Barber's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14, performed by Hilary Hahn and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff. Samuel Barber Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. He is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century; music critic Donal Henahan stated that ""probably no other American composer has ever enjoyed such early, such persistent and such long-lasting acclaim.""."
"rhythm, generated by expanding musical motifs, above all in his First Piano Sonata of 1909, appear to have exerted an influence on Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring . He used to be known as 'the English Debussy', though this reflected little knowledge of Scott and little understanding of Debussy. Among the orchestral music, the First Piano Concerto (1913-4), ""Disaster at Sea"" (a tone poem on the sinking of the ""Titanic"", composed in 1918-26, and published in a revised version with the title ""Neptune"" in 1935), the Violin Concerto (1928), and ""Neapolitan Rhapsody"" (published 1959). The shorter piano works suffer in"
"Songs of the Sea (Stanford) Songs of the Sea is a cycle of five songs for baritone, male voice chorus, and orchestra, to poems by Henry Newbolt. It was composed by Charles Villiers Stanford, was premiered at the 1904 Leeds Festival, and was published as his Op. 91. Songs of the Fleet is a companion cycle of five songs for baritone, mixed chorus, and orchestra, also to poems by Newbolt. It was premiered at Leeds in 1910, and was published by Stanford as his Op. 117. According to music critic Geoffrey Crankshaw: ""Drake's Drum"" may be the best known of"
"Sea, premiered on 4 June 1914 at the Norfolk Music Festival in Connecticut with Sibelius himself conducting. The work (in D major), praised upon its premiere as ""the finest evocation of the sea ever produced in music"", consists of two subjects Sibelius gradually develops in three informal stages: first, a placid ocean; second, a gathering storm; and third, a thunderous wave-crash climax. As the tempest subsides, a final chord sounds, symbolizing the mighty power and limitless expanse of the sea. ""Tapiola"", Sibelius's last major orchestral work, was commissioned by Walter Damrosch for the New York Philharmonic Society where it was"
"Wood, founding conductor of the Proms, and friend of Vaughan Williams. Sea Songs Sea Songs is an arrangement of three British sea-songs by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. It is based on the songs ""Princess Royal"", ""Admiral Benbow"" and ""Portsmouth"". The work is a march of roughly four minutes duration. It follows a ternary structure, with opening material based on ""Princess Royal"" and ""Admiral Benbow"", with ""Portsmouth"" forming the central section before a return to the opening material featuring the first two songs. The march was arranged for military band in 1923 as the second movement of ""English Folk"
"Frederick Delius's ""Sea Drift"" (1994); William Walton's ""Troilus and Cressida"" (1995); the original 1913 version of Ralph Vaughan Williams' ""A London Symphony"" (2001 Record of the Year and Best Orchestral Disc); and Charles Villiers Stanford's ""Songs of the Sea"" (2006 Editor's Choice). He made only the second recording of Delius's ""Requiem"" (1996). He was awarded a Doctorate of Music at Durham University in 2003; and was an Honorary Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge. He received two Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards, the first Sir Charles Groves Award, the Evening Standard Opera Award, and the Association of British Orchestras Award. He"
"Sea Drift (Delius) Sea Drift is among the larger-scale musical works by the composer Frederick Delius. Completed in 1903-1904 and first performed in 1906, it is a setting for baritone, chorus and orchestra of words by Walt Whitman. ""Sea Drift"" takes its name from a section of Walt Whitman's poetical compilation ""Leaves of Grass"", Sea-Drift, which contains several poems about the sea or the shore. The text is drawn from the poem ""Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking"", though it does not use the full text. In the poem, the speaker describes how, as a boy, he watched a pair"
"Titanic Symphony Titanic Symphony is Richard Kastle's third symphony and is based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic. It is a four movement piece for orchestra that starts out with the ship leaving the dock on her maiden voyage. It doesn't sink until the last movement. The rhythm of the sea was vital to the creation of the piece so he composed it on Venice Beach where he lived in the late 1980s. The symphony was premiered on November 6, 1999 at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center with Kastle conducting the orchestra. He recorded “Ida’s Love Theme” as a"
"Symphony), received its world premiere recording in 2011 for CD label Cameo Classics, nearly 100 years after its composition. Written in 1912, the second movement, 'Elegy', commemorates Robert Falcon Scott's death in the Antarctic that year. The Malta Philharmonic Orchestra was conducted by its Musical Director, Michael Laus. The symphony (of nearly 37 minutes duration) is coupled with two other premiere recordings of British orchestral works, Alexander MacKenzie's Tone Poem, 'La Belle Dame sans Merci', and Josef Holbrooke's Pantomime Suite op.16 on CC9034CD. Arthur Somervell Sir Arthur Somervell (5 June 18632 May 1937) was an English composer and art song"
"Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei The Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei is an orchestral triptych by the American composer Elliott Carter. Its three movements were composed between 1993 and 1995. The complete work was first performed on April 25, 1998 at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the conductor Oliver Knussen. The second movement ""Adagio tenebroso"" was a finalist for the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Music. The ""Symphonia: sum fluxae pretium spei"" has a total duration of roughly 47 minutes, though its movements can be performed separately. The title comes from the Latin poem ""Bulla"" by the"
"is not usually cited as an example, although if one were to count ""Kullervo"" as his first symphony, the ill-fated Eighth was the ninth he worked on. There is evidence from his correspondence with George Butterworth that Vaughan Williams did not regard his choral cantata ""A Sea Symphony"" (1910) as a true symphony and considered his 1913 ""A London Symphony"" as his first work in the genre. However, he did not number his symphonies until 1956 when his ""Symphony in D minor"" appeared. Concerned that the work might be confused with RVW's ""Symphony in D"" (1943), his publisher suggested the"
"""The Pretenders"" in 1913, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. Afterwards, he spent time travelling. He died in Boulogne-sur-Mer. Some of his other poems were set to music by Arnold Bax. Herbert Trench Frederic Herbert Trench (12 November 1865 – 11 June 1923) was an Irish poet. Trench was born in Avonmore, County Cork, and educated at Haileybury and Keble College, Oxford. From 1891 he worked as an examiner for the Board of Education. In 1908 a Dramatic Symphony, opus 51, written by Joseph Holbrooke setting Trench's poem ""Apollo and the Seaman"" was performed, under Thomas Beecham. Trench then moved into"
"Sea Songs Sea Songs is an arrangement of three British sea-songs by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. It is based on the songs ""Princess Royal"", ""Admiral Benbow"" and ""Portsmouth"". The work is a march of roughly four minutes duration. It follows a ternary structure, with opening material based on ""Princess Royal"" and ""Admiral Benbow"", with ""Portsmouth"" forming the central section before a return to the opening material featuring the first two songs. The march was arranged for military band in 1923 as the second movement of ""English Folk Song Suite"", and the world premiere of the suite was given"
"25 October 1906) and the choral symphony ""Homage to E.A. Poe"" (two movements first performed at the Bristol Festival, 16 October 1908). During this period Holbrooke also won a further prize, this time with his Fantasie Quartet, Op.17b entered for the 1905 chamber music competition initiated by Walter Willson Cobbett. In 1907 Holbrooke was approached by the poet Herbert Trench who wished the composer to set his extended poem on immortality ""Apollo and the Seaman"". This Holbrooke duly did, although only the final section of the poem (""The Embarkation"") is actually sung (by a male chorus), the rest of the"
"Orchestra"". As solo performer he toured around Australia, South America, Italy and Spain. Later he became bandmaster of the ""Orchestra of the Carl Rosa Opera Company"" in London. He married on Alice Elizabetta St. John on 27 July 1910. Together they had five children: Alice Pauline, Gabrielle, Hugh, Joan and Mary M A. As a writer he wrote many novels, travel guides and poems. He explored Borneo, Papua New Guinea en Malaysia. As a composer he is mainly known for his marches and dance music for the harmony orchestra. His best known piece is probably ""Imperial Echoes"" (1913), which for"
"Sea Sketches Sea Sketches is a suite of five movements for string orchestra, composed by Grace Williams in 1944, and dedicated to her parents. It is one of the composer's most popular works. Grace Williams composed ""Sea Sketches"" in 1944, while living in Hampstead, London. Shortly after completing the work Williams wrote to Gerald Cockshott, in 1945, saying ""I don't want to stay in London – I just long to get home and live in comfort by the sea"". She returned to her home town of Barry in south Wales, two years later. The suite was premiered by the BBC"
"the Sea"" was written for Harry Plunket Greene, a renowned baritone in his day. He gave the first performance, at the 1904 Leeds Festival. The texts are: A complete performance takes about 18 minutes. Haydn Wood (1882-1959), best known for his light music, made an orchestral arrangement of ""Songs of the Sea"", known variously as ""Stanford Rhapsody"" and as ""Westward Ho"". Greene was also connected with ""Songs of the Fleet"", premiered at the 1910 Leeds Festival. The texts are: A complete performance takes about 26 minutes. Songs of the Sea (Stanford) Songs of the Sea is a cycle of five"
"Amy Beach Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (September 5, 1867December 27, 1944) was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. Her ""Gaelic"" Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896, was the first symphony composed and published by an American woman. She was one of the first American composers to succeed without the benefit of European training, and one of the most respected and acclaimed American composers of her era. As a pianist, she was acclaimed for concerts she gave featuring her own music in the United States and in"
"by a woman. Newspaper music critics responded to the Mass by declaring Beach one of America's foremost composers, comparing the piece to Masses by Cherubini and Bach. Beach followed this up with an important milestone in music history: her Gaelic Symphony, the first symphony composed and published by an American woman. It premiered October 30, 1896, performed by the Boston Symphony ""with exceptional success,"" although ""whatever the merits or defects of the symphony were thought to be, critics went to extraordinary lengths in their attempts to relate them to the composer's sex."" Composer George Whitefield Chadwick (1854–1931) wrote to Beach"
"July 1900. The current title only emerged later, first for the piano version, then in 1901 when Kajanus conducted the orchestral version under the name ""Finlandia"". Although Sibelius insisted it was primarily an orchestral piece, it became a world favourite for choirs too, especially for the hymn episode. Finally the composer consented and in 1937 and 1940 agreed to words for the hymn, first for the Free Masons and later for more general use. ""The Oceanides"" is a single-movement tone poem for orchestra written in 1913–14. The piece, which refers to the nymphs in Greek mythology who inhabited the Mediterranean"
"days before steam, a totally calm sea was cause for alarm; it is only when the wind at last rises that the ship can continue on its journey. The first section depicts a ship becalmed, the second its success in resuming its voyage. Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt (Beethoven) Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt (""Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage"") is a cantata for chorus and orchestra composed by Ludwig van Beethoven (Op. 112), based on verses by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and dedicated to him. The work was first performed in Vienna in 1815 and first published in 1822. The piece is"
"Mary Seney Sheldon Mary R. Seney Sheldon (July 3, 1863 – June 16, 1913) was the first female president of the New York Philharmonic. She is credited with reorganizing the orchestra into a modern institution in 1909. One of her major contributions was the hiring of Gustav Mahler. Sheldon was one of nine children, and was born on July 3, 1863. She was the descendant of men who had been actively involved in the early American republic: Joshua Seney represented Maryland in the Continental Congress and James W. Nicholson was one of the first commodores in the United States Navy."
"1893, of which the song ""The Green Little Isle of the Sea"" achieved some popularity. He composed songs""Thou art my Queen"" with words by educationist Alfred Edward Maegraith (father of tropical medicine researcher Brian Gilmore Maegraith, cartoonist Kerwin Maegraith and war hero Hugh Maegraith), first performed in 1890 by Richard Nitschke, and ""Australia"", with words by C. C. Presgrave (better known as a painter and prominent member of the Adelaide Easel Club), again promoted by R. Nitschke. Moritz Heuzenroeder Moritz Heuzenroeder (15 July 1849 – 10 November 1897) was a pianist, composer and teacher of music born in Germany who"
"Hands Across the Sea (march) ""Hands Across the Sea"" is an American military march composed by John Philip Sousa in 1899. The march was written in 1899. When the march premiered the same year at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, the audience insisted that it be repeated three times. The march is ""addressed to no particular nation, but to all of America's friends abroad."" Sousa prefaced the sheet music's score with a quotation from the English diplomat John Hookham Frere: ""A sudden thought strikes me; let us swear eternal friendship."" The march was composed in the wake of the"